Mulloway

Argyrosomus japonicus

One Hundred Eighty One Centimeters Sciaenid Fish of Japanese Waters

Mulloway is known from Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in coastal waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Argyrosomus
Maximum length: 181 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: African southeast coast from Cape of Good Hope to southern Mozambique; northern Indian Ocean off Pakistan and northwest coast of India; northern Pacific from southern Korea and Japan, along the Chinese coast to Hong Kong; in Australia along the entire southern seaboard from North West Cape (north of Shark Bay) in Western Australia to the Burnett River (north of Brisbane) in Queensland.

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